Drew Peterson joined the Georgetown coaching staff as an assistant coach in May 2018.
Peterson comes to Georgetown from nearby Catholic University where he was the assistant swim coach for the past two years, helping lead the Cardinals to two-consecutive Men's Landmark Conference Championship teams. Peterson and the rest of the Catholic coaches earned back-to-back conference coaching staff of the year awards.
Prior to Catholic, Peterson spent the 2015-16 season as an assistant coach at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. While at Rhodes, he helped coach the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Freshman and Swimmer of the Year, as well as two NCAA qualifiers. Rhodes' women's swimming program won the 2016 SAA Championship and Peterson was part of the SAA Coaching Staff of the Year.
Along with his collegiate coaching duties, Peterson has also coached at the club level. He spent the summer of 2017 as the head coach of the Cheverly Swim & Racquet Club in Cheverly, Maryland. He has also coached the Green Meadow Swim Team and Prime Aquatics in Tennessee.
A native of Boulder City, Nevada, Peterson swam his freshman year at Rider University where he set the program records in the 400-yard IM, the 500-yard freestyle and the 800-yard freestyle relay. He transferred to the University of Tennessee where he was an SEC finalist in the 200-yard IM in 2013. Peterson qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in the 200- and 400-yard IM.
Peterson graduated from the University of Tennessee in May 2015 with a degree in recreation and sport management.
